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tfm
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:15 pm

It's too bad that woody has been riveted. I was toying with idea of picking it up for spare pages. Now I think I'll have a scotch ale and watch this one. It is to weep.

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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:06 am

A scotch ale? Is that beer or booze? I actually made a scotch on the rocks around 6:30 PM EST but I zonked out on the couch before I even started it.

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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:28 am

The big brewery in Scotland is McEwans - but they tend to refer to their beers more colloquially: e.g. "a pint of heavy" or "a pint of 80/-" (the /- mark is 'shilling')

a little bit of googling digs this up:

h2g2 - A Guide to Scottish Beer

...which is pretty much true to my experience when I lived there (was a student at Stirling Uni).

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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:57 am

I hate drinking Scotch, considering that I'm basically paying the Kennedy family every time I do. But it is so damn good.

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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:25 am

red_bus wrote:UK auction OCE. 19 hours to go. £7.99

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... RK:MEWA:IT

bit rusty, but "cheap as chips" as my neighbour would say.

well thats £7.99 didnt last long

i logged in to look at it and it had shot up to £31

Are we nearly there yet?

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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:02 am

tfm wrote:It's too bad that woody has been riveted. I was toying with idea of picking it up for spare pages. Now I think I'll have a scotch ale and watch this one. It is to weep.

I'm starting to think this might make a fun project. Maybe I'll give it a go after all.

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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:15 am

3 Volume-set books (no box) with assorted print supplements $US1.25 with 3 days 14 hours to go (US only).

Original Dungeons and Dragons | eBay

tfm
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:30 am

McEwans Scotch Ale is wonderful. It has the consistency of a stout like Guinness or Murphy's (I like this one better), but the bitterness is toned down. It doesn't have anything to do with scotch. However, a good single-malt scotch is one of life's little pleasures. Glenlivet is nice, but I like Glenmorangie and Strathisla, and for the special moments I'll have Laphroaig--it tastes like Scotland, or at least the Scotland I dream of. Please don't ever think that blended scotches a person usually gets in the states is what scotch tastes like. That shit is bona fide paint thinner. But that doesn't mean America is devoid of quality liquor. A nice single-barrel Kentucky bourbon is also a delight. I recommend Basil Hayden's or Evan Williams, and if you want something really nice, try Elijah Craig.

Of course, the funny thing about all this is that I hardly drink at all, maybe one or two in a month, when the mood catches me.

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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:45 am

For me, there's only one whisky: The Balvenie.

I used to drink Laphroaig, but suddenly it started smelling too much like carbolic acid. Now, every time I drink it I feel like I'm in an 18th-century operating room.

My favorite gin also happens to be from Scotland: Hendricks. Wonderful.

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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:01 am

Laphroaig. That's the sound I make when I drink too MUCH Scotch. Accompanied, of course, by noxious fluids as I pray to the Porcelain God.

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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:33 am

Balvenie 15 is nice. I've got it right here. How you tried Longmorn, Glenkeith, or Cardhu? Not bad either. Perhaps we should have a tasting. When I had my first Laphroaig I fell in love with the heavy taste of peat. Are there any others like that? I haven't had a Laphroaig in a while--a person doesn't go through bottles much when drinking only a few drinks in a year. I hope they didn't change it.

"La-Frog?" That's funny.

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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:47 am

Yes, Longmorn is a good one, but I haven't tried the others. How about Dalwhinnie? You'd probably like that one, too.

For me, it goes in cycles. Some winters I can go through a lot of whisky, but I hardly touch the stuff in summer. Then, it's gin time.

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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:24 pm

bombadil wrote:For me, there's only one whisky: The Balvenie.

I used to drink Laphroaig, but suddenly it started smelling too much like carbolic acid. Now, every time I drink it I feel like I'm in an 18th-century operating room.

My favorite gin also happens to be from Scotland: Hendricks. Wonderful.

Laphroaig is simply THE whisky. Oban and Lagavulin follow quite swiftly, though.

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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:34 pm

guerret wrote:Laphroaig is simply THE whisky. Oban and Lagavulin follow quite swiftly, though.

If you like these, try Caol Ila. Beautiful.

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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:13 pm

Eversince I spent a summer in Scotland back in '91, I've been very partial to the sherry scotches over the pets. The only blendeds I can stand now are gold/blue label or famous grouse.

I would love to help with a tasting.

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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:46 pm

AdderMcOne wrote:3 Volume-set books (no box) with assorted print supplements $US1.25 with 3 days 14 hours to go (US only).

Original Dungeons and Dragons | eBay

What is that white page with the brown scroll on it?

Mark

"But I have watched the dragons come, fire-eyed, across the world."

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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:59 pm

MShipley88 wrote:
AdderMcOne wrote:3 Volume-set books (no box) with assorted print supplements $US1.25 with 3 days 14 hours to go (US only).

Original Dungeons and Dragons | eBay

What is that white page with the brown scroll on it?

Mark

You mean the spellcaster's bible?

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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:06 pm

tfm wrote:"La-Frog?" That's funny.

Cheers, but I'd prefer a "la-froyg"

*tries to think what else would be readily available at a decent price/quality ratio in the US*. Have you tried Talisker to go with that list?

tfm wrote:A nice single-barrel Kentucky bourbon is also a delight

Got a bottle of this lying around. Does that count?

tfm wrote:Of course, the funny thing about all this is that I hardly drink at all, maybe one or two in a month, when the mood catches me.

Hmm... can't really afford to drink the bottles-of-choice, here (not whisky). Pretty much down to the "last one" of all the specials and they're now considered to be "investments" rather than something to drink and enjoy

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Where was I... :roll:

Listing pic (the first of those shown) on this auction is kinda boring. However, scroll down...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8772894697
G1, G2, G3, D1, D3, S2 all appear to be original shrink and pretty good condition (?)
$24.99 start with >6 days to go

[ed.] oh, A1 is, too? Just rather tighter than the others.

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